Nov 06
In honor of the rediscovery of New York City’s long-lost cow tunnels, we asked you to photoshop up some other goodies that might be hiding right beneath our feet. A lot of them involved poop.
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Nov 05
We can do a lot with Photoshop, from faking entire military operations to whatever this is. But sometimes, low-tech trickery is just more fun
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Nov 04
After Hurricane Sandy decimated the subway system last year, officials pledged to install new devices to help halt the rising tides—including flood gates and, more intriguingly
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Nov 01
As thousands of runners prep their NYC Marathon playlists in advance of Sunday’s race, Spotify had the bright idea to quantify the most-played tracks by borough. What do they reveal, besides the fact that everyone loves Haim? Let’s take a look!
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Oct 31
Do We Have a Legal Right to Light?
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With supertall towers popping up along Central Park’s southern edge like wildly expensive luxury mushrooms, Manhattan’s largest park is about to be cast into shadow—some as long as half a mile. The real estate boom is stirring up a debate: Do we have a "right to light"?
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Oct 30
Looks like those pesky shadows over Central Park are destined to lengthen even more: A new $1 billion financing package from a group of Asian banks is breathing life into a stalled plan to build the 1,050-foot-tall MoMA Expansion Tower on West 53rd street.
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Oct 25
An anything-goes approach to development is a time-honored tradition in New York (see: this plan to fill in the East River
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Oct 23
In a corner of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, on a factory floor that resembles an oversized assembly line, workers are building entire apartments in days. Most New Yorkers might not realize it, but the tallest prefab building in the country—and maybe the world—is currently taking shape not far from where they live. Gizmodo recently got a chance to visit the space and watch it come together.
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Oct 20
Ah, the Big Apple. New York City is one potpourri of cultures, people and interesting innovations, and it certainly loves being in the center of attention. Hence, it is not surprising to hear architectural firm SHoP Architects playing up the possibility of working on what could very well be the tallest and thinnest building in the city, which will be a place for folks to reside in instead of a plump corporation’s headquarters address. It is said that this new building will stand tall at 1,350 feet, and up to 10 floors of residents will be able to gaze down upon the Empire State building, which was once the tallest building in the world.
One ought to take note that the new apartment building will not come with that much living space – as it should be approximately 45 feet wide, which means the elevators will be jostling for space alongside your living space, so do expect a rather cramped living experience if you decide to part with your hard earned money for this bad boy. It definitely is not going to come cheap at all, considering the high price of land in this metropolis. However, just how bad is it that you want to own the bragging rights to look down on the Empire State building?
NYC Gets Tallest And Thinnest Building original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Oct 20
The MTA is always looking at different ways to redesign subway cars for efficiency, cost-effectiveness, safety, capacity and more. But their rate of ideas
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